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06-21-2012 10:09 PM #1
wet conditions
We have had 31 days of rain in the last 50 days, not all rain all day but a ton of water has made the fairways very soft. For a guy that traps the ball this is terrible as I cannot compress the ball off the fairway at all...short of learning to "pick" the ball what else can I do except suffer?
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06-22-2012 01:14 PM #2
Move?
"Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men...
the other 999 follow women." - Groucho Marx
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06-23-2012 12:05 PM #3
If that was possible we would be back there already....Thanks
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06-25-2012 05:46 PM #4
We never really want to "pick" or "peck" at the ball. The main goal is to contact the ball prior to making contact with the ground, or the low point of the swing arc thus maintaining the line of compression through the ball. The wet ground is merely a distraction, creating doubt and uncertainty. Both of those feelings are not great for golf.You may take bigger divots but so long as they are happening after you contact the ball, you're okay. I feel if you try to "pick" the ball, you will encourage incorrect wrist action and end up throwing away the line of compression resulting in an inordinate number of thin and fat shots. So, in other words, do not over think it. Make a nice balanced swing without a lot of movement and let 'er fly!
Whatever you do...sustain the line of compression!
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06-25-2012 07:16 PM #5
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Actually one wants to make contact before the bottom of the swing arc.
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06-25-2012 07:37 PM #6
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06-25-2012 07:52 PM #7
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But the bottom of the arc will be in front of the ball if you are swinging properly so the" bottom of the arc" is
not the correct place to be striking the ground but exiting it.
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06-25-2012 08:38 PM #8
If scanner_66 can start to hit the ball toward the low point then he will stop suffering in wet conditions. There is a "deep part" to a divot in which lies the low point. The club head enters the ground "down and out" and exits the ground "up and in".
Whatever you do...sustain the line of compression!
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06-25-2012 08:43 PM #9
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Mine enters down and straight and exits straight and up but the up is AFTER the ball!!
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06-25-2012 08:51 PM #10
Dude, we agree the divot happens after the ball. Let's leave it there.
Whatever you do...sustain the line of compression!
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06-25-2012 08:53 PM #11
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Then you agree the bottom of the arc is after the ball. Therefore one strikes the ground before the bottom of the arc.
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06-25-2012 09:01 PM #12
Yep. Strike the ball down and out toward low point. All divots should be taken "down and out" not "down and straight". The inclined plane makes it so.
Whatever you do...sustain the line of compression!
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06-25-2012 09:08 PM #13
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Down and stright for me and those with upright swings. Wanna come see my divots?
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06-25-2012 09:11 PM #14
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The longer ones keeps his swing line straight the straighter he will hit it.
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06-25-2012 09:14 PM #15
All divots are taken down and out. Period.
Whatever you do...sustain the line of compression!
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06-25-2012 09:14 PM #16
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06-25-2012 09:32 PM #17
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"All divots are taken down and out. Period."
Not Mine!! and I am a 6 capper. PERIOD. EXCLAMATION POINT!
The longer your club head is down the target line the straighter the ball will go. You are not aware of this and yet you say what you said about divots definitively? I guess that we understand your thinking.
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06-25-2012 09:41 PM #18
Let's not get too personal. The geometric facts are that divots are taken down and out. Period. Just like you can't fly. I didn't make it up...it is just how it is. This started by a suggestion to scanner_66 to help him deal with wet conditions and somehow we have arrived here. Anyway congrats on the 6 handicap! You sound very proud of it.
Whatever you do...sustain the line of compression!
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06-25-2012 09:44 PM #19
Let's steer this back on topic. If we want to debate divot geometry, please start a new thread.
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06-25-2012 10:05 PM #20
Sure...anyway, steering back on topic wet conditions can be challenging just as dry, hard conditions, challenge many golfers. The key to good ball striking in wet conditions, or any condition, is to ensure that the club-head be travelling down AND OUT, not just down. Too much down tends to dig at the ball with too steep a procedure. Add the OUT to slightly shallow out the angle of attack ; best done with a proper pivot. Dragging a brick-on-a-rope image can help. Impact needs to be three dimensional...Down, Out and Forward. So, if ya dig in the sloppy conditions you need a little more OUT in your impact.
Good luck scanner_66.Whatever you do...sustain the line of compression!
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06-26-2012 11:21 AM #21
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FWIW:
The three ways to achieve a straight shot are:
1. Zero club path, zero face angle, center impact
2. Inside-out club path, closed face angle, heel impact
3. Outside-in club path, open face angle, toe impact
The path of the club head IS an arc and does not go "down the line." Having said that, if the arc could be drawn on a plane surface, the greater its radius, the higher the probability of achieving the correct path, face angle and impact point positions necessary for a straight shot.
If a golfers hands actually did go "down the line," the ball would fly right to right. If the club head went "down the line," the ball would still go right. To achieve #1 above, the hands must be traveling around the body to the left.
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06-26-2012 01:47 PM #22
One last time, please keep this thread on topic.
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